Hemimyzon taitungensis

Taitung river loach
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Actinopterygii
Order:Cypriniformes
Family:Balitoridae
Genus:Hemimyzon
Species: H. taitungensis
Binomial name
Hemimyzon taitungensis
C. S. Tzeng & S. C. Shen, 1982

Hemimyzon taitungensis (common name: Taitung river loach,[2] in Chinese 臺東間爬岩鰍, 台東間吸鰍, or 石貼仔[2][3]) is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Balitoridae that is endemic to Taiwan.[2][3][4] It is a small (length 12 cm (4.7 in)) freshwater fish currently known only from running waters of the Central Mountain Range of Taiwan at high and middle elevations.[3] In contrast to H. formosanus, it appears to be a well-defined species with no signs of strong genetic structuring suggestive of cryptic species.[5]

References

  1. Kottelat, M. (1996). "Hemimyzon taitungensis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 1996: e.T9890A13025401. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T9890A13025401.en. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). "Hemimyzon taitungensis" in FishBase. October 2015 version.
  3. 1 2 3 K. T. Shao. "Hemimyzon taitungensis". The Fish Database of Taiwan. WWW Web electronic publication, version 2009/1. Retrieved 16 November 2012.
  4. Eschmeyer, W. N.; R. Fricke, eds. (4 January 2016). "Catalog of Fishes". California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
  5. Wang, T. Y.; T. Y. Liao; C. S. Tzeng (2007). "Phylogeography of the Taiwanese endemic hillstream loaches, Hemimyzon formosanus and H. taitungensis (Cypriniformes: Balitoridae)" (PDF). Zoological Studies. 46: 547–560.


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